
Every Book Is a Social Studies Book
How to Meet Standards with Picture Books, K-6
Libraries Unlimited Inc (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
276 pages
978-1-59884-520-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text offers a teacher and student-friendly collection of lessons and activities that help educators use picture books to engage younger students in meaningful social studies activities and bring this critical subject back in elementary schools.
In order for today's children to succeed as adults, they need a solid foundation of life skills inculcated at a young age. Social studies is key to building this critical knowledge, yet less attention is being paid to social studies in elementary schools as this subject becomes more essential. The authors of this text have a solution: use picture books as dual-purpose texts that fulfill more than just language arts needs, and take the time dedicated to those lessons to simultaneously teach social studies.
Each chapter of this text is organized around one of the National Council for the Social Studies' Ten Thematic Strands, covering diverse and engaging topics ranging from community and individuality to science and technology. This book serves as a vital resource for classroom teachers, methods professors, staff developers, and curriculum writers who prioritize keeping social studies a part of the elementary school curriculum.
In order for today's children to succeed as adults, they need a solid foundation of life skills inculcated at a young age. Social studies is key to building this critical knowledge, yet less attention is being paid to social studies in elementary schools as this subject becomes more essential. The authors of this text have a solution: use picture books as dual-purpose texts that fulfill more than just language arts needs, and take the time dedicated to those lessons to simultaneously teach social studies.
Each chapter of this text is organized around one of the National Council for the Social Studies' Ten Thematic Strands, covering diverse and engaging topics ranging from community and individuality to science and technology. This book serves as a vital resource for classroom teachers, methods professors, staff developers, and curriculum writers who prioritize keeping social studies a part of the elementary school curriculum.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
702 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59884-520-4 (9781598845204)
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Jeannette Balantic | Andrea S. Libresco | Jonie C. Kipling
Every Book Is a Social Studies Book
How to Meet Standards with Picture Books, K-6
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02/2011
1st Edition
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Persons
Andrea S. Libresco is associate professor of education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.
Jeannette Balantic is social studies curriculum coordinator in the Garden City School District, Garden City, NY.
Jonie C. Kipling is a first grade teacher in the North Shore School District, Sea Cliff, NY, where she also taught for many years at the intermediate level.
Jeannette Balantic is social studies curriculum coordinator in the Garden City School District, Garden City, NY.
Jonie C. Kipling is a first grade teacher in the North Shore School District, Sea Cliff, NY, where she also taught for many years at the intermediate level.
Author
Garden City School District, Long Island, USA